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The Seattle Sounders won the A-League title with a 2-1 shootout victory over the Atlanta Ruckus, the king of the shootout. As more and more soccer championships are being decided by shootouts, a growing number of players and coaches actually seem to be OK with it. At least that was the case as the A-League […]

First Round Group A DateMatchSite June 8England vs. SwitzerlandLondon June 10Netherlands vs. ScotlandBirmingham June 13Switzerland vs. NetherlandsBirmingham June 14England vs. ScotlandLondon June 18Scotland vs. SwitzerlandBirmingham June 18Netherlands vs. EnglandLondon Group B DateMatchSite June 9Spain vs. BulgariaLeeds June 10Romania vs. FranceNewcastle June 13Bulgaria vs. RomaniaNewcastle June 15Spain vs. FranceLeeds June 18France vs. BulgariaNewcastle June 18Romania vs. […]

1994 Sept. 7Finland 0Scotland 2 Faeroe Islands 1Greece 5 Oct. 12Scotland 5Faeroe Islands 1 Greece 4Finland 0 Russia 4San Marino 0 Nov. 16Scotland 1Russia 1 Greece 2San Marino 0 Nov. 16Finland 5Faeroe Islands 0 Dec. 14Finland 4San Marino 1 Dec. 18Greece 1Scotland 0 1995 March 29Russia 0Scotland 0 San Marino 0Finland 2 April 26San Marino […]

Jeff Agoos scored from 20 yards off an errant clearance in the 37th minute to give the USA a 2-0 lead over Guatemala.

Jan. 16 in Anaheim, Calif. USA 2, El Salvador 0. Goals: Wynalda 62, Balboa 75. USA — Keller, Burns, Agoos, Lalas, Balboa, Dooley (Caligiuri), Harkes (Reyna), Jones, Ramos, Wynalda (Kirovski), Moore. El Salvador — Garcia, Mayen, Carcamo (Irahata), Osorio (Renderos), Cuvias, Rodriguez, Castro Borja, Cienfuegos, Burgos, Diaz Arce, Cerritos. Att.: 52,345. In the semifinals, USA […]

Eric Wynalda scored in the 15th minute off a corner kick by Tab Ramos headed on by Alexi Lalas to tie the score at 1-1.

Semifinals Massachusetts 2, George Washington 0 Xavier 2, Temple 0 Final Massachusetts 6, Xavier 0

1993 — Campbell 1994 — UNC Greensboro 1995 — UNC Asheville

36 entrants: five qualify First-Round Byes Cameroon, Nigeria, Egypt, Morocco First-Round Pairings (home teams for opening leg listed first) Sudan vs.Zambia Namibia vs. Mozambique Tanzania vs. Ghana Swaziland vs. Gabon Uganda vs. Angola Mauritius vs. Zaire Malawi vs. South Africa Madagascar vs. Zimbabwe Guinea-Bissau vs. Guinea Rwanda vs. Tunisia Congo vs. Ivory Coast Kenya vs. […]

More problems for Mexican national team coach Bora Milutinovic: he finally succumbed to the pressure from the Mexican press and recalled several veterans, including MLS-bound Jorge Campos, for Mexico’s last friendly before the Gold Cup. Unfortunately, Mexico fell to lowly Slovenia’s under-23 team 2-1 before 20,000 stunned fans in the Mexican city of Hermosillo Dec. […]

Dec. 3 in Chapel Hill, N.C. Notre Dame 1, Portland 0 (OT). Goal: Daws 125:31. Notre Dame — Renola, Scharff, Sobrero, Vogel, Boxx, Fisher, Manthei, Daws, VanLaecke, McCarthy, Gerardo. Subs: Maund, Guerrero, Vanderberg. Portland — Fahey, Eaton, Sharpe, Ribaudo, Stiles. Schierman, French, Pierce, Baumgardt, McIntosh, MacMillan. Subs: Dutra, Johnson, Charles, Engesser. Att.: 6,926.

(All times Pacific) Group A Jan. 11 in San Diego: Mexico vs. St. Vincent & Grenadines (8:00 p.m.) Jan. 14 in San Diego: Mexico vs. Guatemala (2:00 p.m.) Jan. 16 in Anaheim, Calif.: St. Vincent & Grenadines vs. Guatemala (6:00 p.m.) Group B Jan. 10 in Anaheim, Calif.: Canada vs. Honduras (7:00 p.m.) Jan. 12 […]

Favorites Mexico (Dec. ’95 FIFA ranking: 12) — The Tricolores were pounded recently by Yugoslavia and upset by Slovenia’s U-23s, but do you really believe that when things get serious, Bora’s boys won’t qualify? Azteca Stadium is an imposing place to play. Just ask the United States, which lost 4-0 in the ’93 Gold Cup […]

The following is the U.S. natonal team roster for the 1996 CONCACAF Gold Cup, Jan. 10-21 in Southern California. NamePos.AgeClubGPG Brad FriedelG24Galatasaray36– Kasey KellerG26Millwall12– Jeff AgoosD27DC United492 Marcelo BalboaD28Leon10511 Paul CaligiuriD31St. Pauli1055 Alexi LalasD25Padova/New England637 Steve PittmanD28Partick Thistle20 Mike BurnsM25Viborg/New England350 Thomas DooleyM34Schalke535 John HarkesM28West Ham/DC United606 Cobi JonesM25Vasco da Gama686 Frank KlopasM29Kansas City4513 Tab […]

1976 — South Florida 1977 — South Florida 1978 — Jacksonville 1979 — South Florida 1980 — South Florida 1981 — South Florida 1982 — South Florida 1983 — UNC Charlotte 1984 — Old Dominion 1985 — South Florida 1986 — South Florida 1987 — Old Dominion 1988 — South Florida 1989 — Old Dominion […]

Semifinals St. Francis (N.Y.) 2, Fairleigh Dickinson 1 Monmouth 4, Robert Morris 3 Final St. Francis (N.Y.) 2, Monmouth 0

First Round Vanderbilt 2, Arkansas-Little Rock 1 South Alabama 4, Tesas Pan-American 1 (OT) Semifinals South Alabama 2, Jacksonville 1 (OT) Western Kentucky 3, Vanderbilt 1 Consolation Vanderbilt 1, Jacksonville 0 Final South Alabama 3, Western Kentucky 2

MEN Scott Coufal (Indiana), Leo Cullen (Maryland), Mike Fisher (Virginia), Daniel Hernandez (SMU), Clint Mathis (South Carolina), Ben Olsen (Virginia), Ross Paule (Creighton), Temoc Suarez (North Carolina), Johnny Torres (Creighton), Andrew Williams (Rhode Island). WOMEN Justi Baumgardt (Portland), Bryn Blalack (Texas A&M), Cindy Daws (Notre Dame), Danielle Fotopoulos (Florida), Debbie Keller (North Carolina), Jennifer Lalor […]

(Final Regular-Season Rankings) Rank/TeamRecordLast Week 1.Virginia18-0-21 2.UCLA17-2-12 3.SMU14-3-14 4.South Carolina15-3-05 5.Clemson15-5-16 6.Creighton14-2-17 7.Wisconsin15-4-210 8.Indiana14-4-215 9.Santa Clara13-2-212 10.Rhode Island19-1-213 11.Duke12-6-111 12.Penn State15-4-08 13.Cornell15-1-1nr 14.Portland13-2-316 15.Maryland12-6-19 16.Saint Louis15-5-119 17.William & Mary17-5-0nr 18.Brown14-3-03 19.Charleston14-6-1nr 20.Bowling Green16-2-2nr

Soccer America has named Virginia striker/midfielder Mike Fisher and Portland striker Shannon McMillan the 1995 Men’s and Women’s Collegiate Players of the Year. Both Fisher and MacMillan led their respective schools to the Division 1 final four. Fisher’s Cavaliers went down 3-2 to Duke in the semifinals to end their bid for an unprecedented fifth […]

At halftime, Portland is leading Notre Dame 2-0 in the NCAA Women’s semifinals. Regina Holan has scored twice for Portland: once in the second minute off of a free kick by Justi Baumgardt, and again in the 30th minute when she blasted an 18-yard shot after a brilliant run by teammate Tara Koleski. Notre Dame […]

Nov. 23 in Gainesville, Fla. Florida 5 Wake Forest 0. Goals: Fotopoulos (Olinyk) 8:13, Bridges 19:09, Pini 30:38, Fotopoulos (Olinyk) 43:55, Pini 54:21. Att.: 2,041. Nov. 23 in Portland, Ore. Portland 3 Vanderbilt 1 (OT). Goals: Holan 31:08, McIntosh (Koleski) 95:12, Dutra (Baumgardt) 114:25; Koerner (Pulliam) 25:59. Att.: 2,536. Nov. 23 in Chapel Hill, N.C. […]

Women’s Division I Sept. 9-15 Scores West Region 1 Santa Clara 5-0-0 Hartford 7-0 San Francisco 2-1 2 Portland 4-0-0 Minnesota 3-2 NC State 4-0 3 San Diego State 6-0-0 Cal St. Fullerton 3-1 San Diego 1-0 4 Stanford 3-2-0 North Carolina 1-6 Duke 1-3 4 San Diego 3-1-0 Cal Irvine 2-0 San Diego St. […]

Jessica Fischer (Stanford)sweepersenior The best sweeper in the nation Danielle Garrett (SMU)forwardsophomore Nation’s top scorer (32 goals, 19 assists) led SMU to first final four Erin Lynch (Massachusetts)defendersenior Atlantic 10’s best player was an offensive force (4, 9) too Shannon MacMillan (Portland)forwardsenior Big-time player was even bigger in playoffs (3 goals, 1 assist) Holly Manthei […]

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